Publix Expanding Its Downtown Lakeland Technology Footprint
August 11, 2023 | 1 min to read
Publix Super Markets is expanding in downtown Lakeland, acquiring a fourth building to establish a “technology campus” for its IT workforce. City commissioner Steve Scruggs announced this move will create hundreds of new high-skill jobs with an average annual salary of $130,000, significantly above Polk County’s average wage by over 250%. Scruggs emphasized that such a job development announcement is unprecedented in his 37 years of experience.
Publix Super Markets is planning a major expansion in downtown Lakeland as it takes over a fourth building to create a “technology campus” for its information technology workers.
“There’ll be hundreds of new high-skill, high-wage jobs with an average annual wage of $130,000,” Lakeland Economic Development Council President Steve Scruggs told city commissioners today.
“This is over 250% of Polk County’s annual average wage. And as I stand here today — I would say this is year 37 for me — we have never announced hundreds of jobs at $130,000 a year. Never happened — never had a 250% of Polk County’s average wage ever happened,” Scruggs said.
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